Appleby College: Wilfrid Laurier

Appleby Dept: One is the story of Gautam Setia, whose parents spent $210,000 putting him through Appleby College , a prestigious private high school in Oakville, according to The Star. His immigrant parents, who sweated blood to pay tuition plus donations to the school, sued. Setia wasn t able to apply to university with the storied Appleby name on his transcripts. He got into Wilfrid Laurier but dropped out, allegedly because of the humiliation of his expulsion from high school and status anxiety eats at our souls. It s the most absurd of all self-tortures but it s running riot in these uncertain economic times. The proof is two Toronto legal cases based on the worth of name brands. Caught smoking dope in his room on the last night of his final year in 2010, Setia was told he could graduate but without an actual Appleby diploma. Essentially he d been expelled, while still having the high-school credits he needed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.